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Author: Alastair Bonnett Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 144111324X Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 208
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This book looks at the role nostalgia plays in the radical imagination to offer a new guide to the history and politics of the left. In "Left in the Past", Bonnett re-assesses the place of nostalgia within radical politics and, in doing so, provides a new introduction to the history and politics of the left. Bonnett argues that nostalgia has been a chronic, but repressed, aspect of the socialist imagination. "Left in the Past" is premised on the idea that, in our 'post-socialist era', the relationship between radicalism and a sense of loss, and the ambivalent position of socialism in and against modernity, can be viewed with greater clarity. In Section One of the book, Bonnett shows the centrality and repression of nostalgia in both 19th-century radicalism and anti-colonial radicalism. In Section Two, he explores the consequences of this inheritance by way of 20th century and contemporary studies of revolutionary intellectuals and intellectual culture. Bonnett's unique approach in how to understand the left in an age of post-socialism will make book a needed resource for anyone interested in the history and politics of the left and radicalism.
Author: Alastair Bonnett Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 144111324X Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 208
Book Description
This book looks at the role nostalgia plays in the radical imagination to offer a new guide to the history and politics of the left. In "Left in the Past", Bonnett re-assesses the place of nostalgia within radical politics and, in doing so, provides a new introduction to the history and politics of the left. Bonnett argues that nostalgia has been a chronic, but repressed, aspect of the socialist imagination. "Left in the Past" is premised on the idea that, in our 'post-socialist era', the relationship between radicalism and a sense of loss, and the ambivalent position of socialism in and against modernity, can be viewed with greater clarity. In Section One of the book, Bonnett shows the centrality and repression of nostalgia in both 19th-century radicalism and anti-colonial radicalism. In Section Two, he explores the consequences of this inheritance by way of 20th century and contemporary studies of revolutionary intellectuals and intellectual culture. Bonnett's unique approach in how to understand the left in an age of post-socialism will make book a needed resource for anyone interested in the history and politics of the left and radicalism.
Author: Luba Brezhneva Publisher: Random House (NY) ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 498
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With touching, terrifying revelations, this candid account by the niece of the man who headed the USSR for 18 years has the history, poetry, and passion of a great Russian novel. "Moving, rich in detail . . . and a great general view".--Robert Conquest, from the Introduction.
Author: Gabriel Leif Bellman Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1462824617 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 477
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Coast Left Past is a collection of over 200 early stories written on the West (left) Coast. Temporally grouped, printed on pulp, it represents a myriad of comedic stories, philosophical rants, and refined sugar-sweet epiphanies from the authors past. Coast is fresh and raw at a time in world history that is dominated by bad sushi. Containing the abandonment of youth and the libido of a moose, here is a book to make you remember what the inside of a damp butterfly, the life of a sad writer, the taste of cold purple, and the smell of a late Thursday night feels like
Author: Gabriel Leif Bellman Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1462824625 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 461
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More Coast Left Past (Volume Two) is part two of a collection of over 200 early stories written on the West (left) Coast. They represent the final bunching of stories written before the author's move to New York. They are flash fictions, rants, ants wearing grandmother-pants, beer covered sailors asking you to dance. Together, they present a myriad kaleidoscope of keyboard prowess and scribbling duress. More Coast is a strength and breadth of work that is astonishing, invigorating, and debilitating. For those of you wishing to finish what you started with Volume One, or for the newly ensconced, Volume Two invites you to mid-life-crisis your way into ecclesiastical eclecticism as the world lies bleeding while you start reading...
Author: Giovanni Cocco Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0698185722 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 320
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A new atmospheric Italian mystery novel set in Lake Como, introducing the clever and captivating Inspector Stefania Valenti During the construction of a new road to the Swiss border in the mountains above Lake Como, the remains of a young man are unearthed on the powerful Cappelletti family’s property. On the case is Stefania Valenti, forty-five, divorced with a young daughter, and a brilliant, determined police inspector. Her investigation takes her back to World War II and deep into the history of the region, a place that during the war attracted smugglers, deserters, secret agents, and fleeing Jews. Steeped in the beautiful atmosphere of Northern Italy, Valenti’s investigation brings to light a family’s secret, a tragic romance, and reveals a fascinating piece of Italian history.
Author: Michael C. Dawson Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674074076 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 207
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The radical black left that played a crucial role in twentieth-century struggles for equality and justice has largely disappeared. Michael Dawson investigates the causes and consequences of the decline of black radicalism as a force in American politics and argues that the conventional left has failed to take race sufficiently seriously as a historical force in reshaping American institutions, politics, and civil society. African Americans have been in the vanguard of progressive social movements throughout American history, but they have been written out of many histories of social liberalism. Focusing on the 1920s and 1930s, as well as the Black Power movement, Dawson examines successive failures of socialists and Marxists to enlist sympathetic blacks, and white leftists’ refusal to fight for the cause of racial equality. Angered by the often outright hostility of the Socialist Party and similar social democratic organizations, black leftists separated themselves from these groups and either turned to the hard left or stayed independent. A generation later, the same phenomenon helped fueled the Black Power movement’s turn toward a variety of black nationalist, Maoist, and other radical political groups. The 2008 election of Barack Obama notwithstanding, many African Americans still believe they will not realize the fruits of American prosperity any time soon. This pervasive discontent, Dawson suggests, must be mobilized within the black community into active opposition to the social and economic status quo. Black politics needs to find its way back to its radical roots as a vital component of new American progressive movements.
Author: William Hayes Publisher: R & L Education ISBN: 9781578868353 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 0
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"While few would quarrel with the goal of the No Child Left Behind legislation, the nation is badly divided over whether the law is having a positive effect on our schools. At the same time, it is also true that most Americans, including many professional educators, have only a limited understanding of the content and scope of the legislation. As we are currently engaged in a national debate about the future role of the federal government in the field of education, it is essential that people become better informed about the history, content, and results of No Child Left Behind." "This book is a valuable tool informing the current discussion on the reauthorization of the law. As a result, the reader will be better able to make up his or her own mind as to the direction we should take as a nation in pursuing the noble objective of ensuring that no child is left behind."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Susan Buck-Morss Publisher: Verso Books ISBN: 178960253X Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 163
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Renowned critical theorist Susan Buck-Morss argues convincingly that a global public needs to think past the twin insanities of terrorism and counter-terrorism in order to dismantle regressive intellectual barriers. Surveying the widespread literature on the relationship of Islam to modernity, she reveals that there is surprising overlap where scholars commonly and simplistically see antithesis. Thinking Past Terror situates this engagement with the study of Islam among critical contemporary discourses-feminism, post-colonialism and the critique of determinism. In a new preface to this paperback edition, Susan Buck-Morss reflects on the events that have marked the world since the book was first published.
Author: Alastair Bonnett
Author: Alastair Bonnett
Author: Luba Brezhneva
Author: Gabriel Leif Bellman
Author: Gabriel Leif Bellman
Author: Giovanni Cocco
Author: Michael C. Dawson
Author: William Hayes
Author: Susan Buck-Morss
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